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OCR Gateway GCSE Biology June 2024 Paper 4

  • J247/04
  • Higher
  • Topics B4 to B6
  • 1 hour 45 minutes
  • 90 marks

Question paper, Mark scheme, Examiner report: on the OCR website.

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5 new exam questions, 26 minutes, marked as you go. Free, no account.

  • Global warming and protecting biodiversity
  • Health, lifestyle and cancer
  • Protists, defences, vaccination and antibiotics
  • Communities, abiotic and biotic factors, adaptations
  • Digestion, enzymes, the heart and blood
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What it tested

  • Ecology30 marks
  • Organisation24 marks
  • Inheritance, variation and evolution15 marks
  • Infection and response12 marks
  • Bioenergetics8 marks
  • Cell biology1 marks
  1. Q1Communities, abiotic and biotic factors, adaptations1 mark
  2. Q2Reproduction, meiosis, DNA and inheritance1 mark
  3. Q3Communities, abiotic and biotic factors, adaptations1 mark
  4. Q4Food chains, sampling and material cycles1 mark
  5. Q5Protists, defences, vaccination and antibioticsCells: structure, types and specialisation1 mark
  6. Q6Reproduction, meiosis, DNA and inheritance1 mark
  7. Q7Reproduction, meiosis, DNA and inheritance1 mark
  8. Q8Food chains, sampling and material cycles1 mark
14 more questions
  1. Q9Higher: full genetic crosses and genetic engineering1 mark
  2. Q10Cells: structure, types and specialisationProtists, defences, vaccination and antibiotics1 mark
  3. Q11Biodiversity, waste and land use1 mark
  4. Q12Higher: full genetic crosses and genetic engineering1 mark
  5. Q13Protists, defences, vaccination and antibiotics1 mark
  6. Q14Variation, evolution, selective breeding and genetic engineering1 mark
  7. Q15Protists, defences, vaccination and antibiotics1 mark
  8. Q16Communities, abiotic and biotic factors, adaptationsFood chains, sampling and material cycles9 marks
  9. Q17Protists, defences, vaccination and antibiotics9 marks
  10. Q18Global warming and protecting biodiversityVariation, evolution, selective breeding and genetic engineering16 marks
  11. Q19Photosynthesis and its ratePlant tissues and transport8 marks
  12. Q20Digestion, enzymes, the heart and bloodFood chains, sampling and material cycles10 marks
  13. Q21Health, lifestyle and cancerReproduction, meiosis, DNA and inheritance14 marks
  14. Q22Inherited disorders and sex determinationThe nervous system and reflexes9 marks

June 2024 Higher grade boundaries

Marks needed across both Higher papers, out of 180.

  • Grade 9142
  • Grade 8131
  • Grade 7121
  • Grade 6104
  • Grade 587
  • Grade 470
  • Grade 361

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